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"A private space company wants to assemble its own astronaut team, am I seeing this right?"

"You're seeing it right. That's exactly what's happening, and the recruitment is worldwide."

"I'm speechless. Interstellar Pathfinder Company is just awesome!"

"Haha, I knew Pathfinder's purpose in building Lunar Palace II wasn't that simple. Now the information finally connects."

"Do you guys think it's necessary for private space companies to build their own astronaut teams?"

"I don't think so. Smaller companies aside, even large international space companies don't have their own astronaut teams; they just transport astronauts from national space agencies."

"Exactly. Those so-called commercial space tourism companies don't have their own astronaut teams either, because they're just sending tourists into space, and some can't even get into space, only doing suborbital flights."

"I think so too. Currently, the so-called spaceships that can enter space are all 'iron lumps' in shape, with pre-set routes, basically requiring no control. Whether transporting astronauts from national agencies or space tourists, they basically require no control."

"Maybe private astronauts will be needed decades later when Earth expands into space on a large scale, but definitely not now. I think Interstellar Pathfinder is getting ahead of itself, not recognizing its own position."

"Exactly! Just because they put an experimental module on the moon? They're getting cocky?"

"If national astronauts go up for scientific research, what will private space company astronauts do? Livestream for gifts? Hahaha!"

"Even though that's what we're saying, do you guys want to be astronauts?"

"Uh, yeah, Pathfinder's conditions seem to be a bit more relaxed than the national level."

"They are lower, but I've read the whole thing. None of you smiling faces here have a chance."

"I don't believe it, I'm going to take a look..."

After reading it, silence.

Indeed, it has nothing to do with them.

Pathfinder Company's requirements for astronaut education aren't that high. A bachelor's degree in engineering, biology, physics, or mathematics is sufficient; languages and arts are not considered for the time being.

But Pathfinder Company's recruitment range is worldwide. Who knows, after the best are selected from the best, a doctoral degree may very well become the minimum threshold.

Yes, when formulating these requirements, the people at Pathfinder Company also thought of this, but they still set the threshold at a bachelor's degree.

What if there are some younger geniuses who have just started their undergraduate studies?

Having such a threshold, they can recruit them first.

As a private company, they won't set nationality thresholds, but they are, after all, a company from Tianxia, and the markings on various equipment are in Chinese, so they set a language condition.

If they are foreigners, they must know Chinese, and they also need to pass HSK Level 6, which is the Chinese Proficiency Test Level 6.

Level 6 is the highest level. Candidates who pass can easily understand Chinese information they hear or read, and fluently express their views in Chinese, orally or in writing.

This is the highest level of the test, but it is the minimum standard for filling out an astronaut application.

Pathfinder is not like some universities in the country that recruit international students, and the international students can't even speak Chinese, and people have to wait on them.

The funniest thing is that international students who can't even understand the test papers may get high scholarships every year.

How terrifying!

According to international practice, astronaut selection, regardless of gender, is usually between 25 and 45 years old.

Flight engineers and mission specialists can be up to 45 years old, commander astronauts/pilots are generally 25 to 40 years old, and payload specialists can exceed the above range.

According to Tang Chao's instructions, their company's space travel will be more comfortable, so the age range can reach 55 years old.

Of course, this is the general age, not representative of extremes. After all, there have been 77-year-old astronauts entering space in history.

Pathfinder Company recruits astronauts as space pilots and payload specialists.

The source of space pilots is basically high-performance aircraft pilots, generally fighter and transport aircraft pilots. Pathfinder's conditions are more relaxed, including civil aviation pilots, and even recent graduates from pilot academies.

Their main task is to pilot spacecraft.

As for payload specialists, the range is large. What they have to do includes engineering construction, engineering maintenance, astronomical observation, earth observation, physics experiments, chemical experiments, biomedical experiments, and various technical experiments, etc.

Oh, right, and experts in agricultural planting are also needed. This is very important.

Once the detailed conditions are released, although a considerable number of people will be screened out, more than 100,000 people still signed up on the first day!

There's no other reason. There are more than 7 billion people in the world. Even if only a small portion of them want to go to space, it's still at least millions or tens of millions.

It was already calculated when the space orbital shuttle mission was planned before.

Moreover, this is the first time a private space company has recruited astronauts worldwide.

A private space company means there are not as many troubles as official agencies, so many people naturally apply.

Of course, Pathfinder Company screened it and found that there were many people joining in the fun, similar to the state of the Lunar Grand Prix when it reopened.

However, after screening, there were basically more than 5,000 valid applications.

And this was only on the first day.

The entire application period lasts for one month.

In the end, Pathfinder Company only needs 20 astronauts, including 10 space pilots and 10 payload specialists.

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This data is very obvious. Although the ratio is 1:1, those in the know know that Pathfinder Company recruits a larger proportion of space pilots.

As for the reasons why Pathfinder Company does this, no one knows.

After all, the projects currently revealed by Pathfinder Company do not involve astronauts. Lunar Palace II goes without saying, it has already landed safely on the moon and definitely cannot be moved, so it does not need space pilots.

Later, they will cooperate with the Tianxia Aerospace Administration on a space station project, docking with the first phase of the Tiangong Space Station, which also does not require space pilots.

Even their 'Voyager' super-heavy rocket has never been seen with manned publicity from beginning to end, all kinds of cargo transportation, including the newly released space station module launch CG.

They want to build a module with a diameter of more than 6 meters.

Logically speaking, if they want to cooperate with the Tianxia Aerospace Administration, they only need to recruit payload specialists, after all, the Tianxia Aerospace Administration has plenty of space pilots.

The outside world speculates, are they at odds with Tianxia and want to set up their own shop?

If this is the case, America would be overjoyed.

Thinking about it later, it should be impossible.

If that were the case, the other party should have agreed to join America, and would not have refused in the first place.

Rejecting America should mean closer cooperation with Tianxia, which can bring more benefits.

That's how capital thinks.

Or, will Pathfinder also enter the manned spaceflight market in the later stage, or even the commercial space tourism market?

But entering the manned spaceflight and commercial space tourism market doesn't require so many space pilots, right?

Can't figure it out.

However, at least the Americans know that this is Pathfinder's move.

After all, as soon as they released the video of the Mars helicopter one-to-one, anyone who is not an idiot can see that they are targeting Pathfinder Company.

Now Pathfinder is fighting back, which is normal.

But they suddenly realized that they seem to have no way to counter Pathfinder's counterattack.

Pathfinder has shown the card of recruiting astronauts, but they just selected a new batch of astronauts last year, including astronauts for the return to the moon plan and the landing on Mars plan.

They cannot possibly recruit astronauts now.

Moreover, Pathfinder Company is a private company, and their astronaut selection can be open to the world.

The American Aerospace Administration cannot do this. After the Lunar Grand Prix interception incident, they are afraid to easily start the 'global' topic.

At the very least, they will definitely not let Tianxia people become astronauts of their country.

They believe that, conversely, Tianxia will not let Americans become their astronauts.

But Pathfinder Company is a private company, and they can recruit talents from all over the world as astronauts, just like recruiting ordinary employees.